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Lightning Strike

Spell

Lightning Strike

Nature

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Instant castMedium Range

Does 3 additional Lightning damage to the target.

Lightning Strike

Tooltip

Does 3 additional Lightning damage to the target.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3.

What it does

Lightning Strike is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 3).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 3

Raw client values from the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Lightning Strike appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 128 separate Spell records named "Lightning Strike". This page is record #16614. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#23686effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#23687used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#27983effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#37841cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#52944effect types: noneA different effect setup
#53062effect types: noneA different effect setup
#68445effect types: noneA different effect setup
#76101used by: Cast by Lightning Cloud; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#85725effect types: noneA different effect setup
#85726used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#88214effect types: noneA different effect setup
#88230effect types: noneA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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